Purple Plantain, Rat's Tails, Travellers Foot, Waybread, Cuckoo's Bread 'Atropurpurea'

Plantagomajor

Genus
Plantago (plan-TA-go)
Species
major (MAY-jor)
Synonym
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Foliage
Grown for foliage
Height
under 6 in. (15 cm)
6-12 in. (15-30 cm)
12-18 in. (30-45 cm)
Spacing
3-6 in. (7-15 cm)
6-9 in. (15-22 cm)
Hardiness
USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 °C (-35 °F)
USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F)
USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F)
USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F)
USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F)
USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F)
USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F)
USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F)
USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
Bloom Color
Fuchsia (red-purple)
Red
Bloom Time
Late Spring/Early Summer
Other Details
Category
Herbs
Water Requirements
Foliage Color
Burgundy/Maroon
Where to Grow
Bloom Characteristics
Bloom Size
Other details
May be a noxious weed or invasive
Soil pH requirements
Patent Information
Propagation Methods
From seed; stratify if sowing indoors
From seed; sow indoors before last frost
Seed Collecting
Regional

This plant is said to grow outdoors in the following regions:

Ellicott City, Maryland

Brooklyn, New York

West Babylon, New York

Christiana, Tennessee

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Gardener's Notes:

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positive
1
neutral
0
negative
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Christiana, TN (Zone 6b) | May 2010 | positive

I really like this plant--even the blooms. So I leave them. It does reseed a lot but I find them easy to control. I like some of the vari...Read More

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(Zone 8b) | February 2005 | neutral

Nice coloured leaves. I 've pulled out the flowerstalks regular to keep the plant looking good and the leaves coloured...it tends to get ...Read More

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